Chapter 690 Beating Around the bush
Zhou Silang was also a worldly-wise man. He knew that some clothing materials were hard to buy, and the fabric sent by the Ji family this time looked even better than last time, and the colors were even brighter.
Zhou Silang gestured towards Manbao and nodded with satisfaction, "It suits you perfectly."
Manbao is not very particular about beautiful clothes now. She has to go to the pharmacy every day. Not only does she have to dress neatly to treat patients, but even when there are no patients, she still has to climb up and down to organize medicinal materials.
So now she likes clean, neat and comfortable clothes.
Manbao took only one look at it and then turned around and stuffed it into Zhou Lijun's pocket, saying, "Here you go. Send some back to Daya and Sanya so they can wear it too."
Zhou Silang was stingy and snatched it away, saying, "Forget it, I'll help you deal with it."
In the study, County Magistrate Tang, who had just finished a game of chess, turned around and saw the scene of dividing the spoils in the yard, oh no, the scene of dividing the property.
He smiled slightly and said, "Master, these three disciples don't look like they are short of money, but I didn't expect them to love money so much."
Mr. Zhuang was unconcerned and said with a smile, "There is no one in the world who doesn't love money, but a gentleman loves money and earns it in a proper way. It is enough for them to just follow this rule."
County Magistrate Tang nodded slightly, nodded to Mr. Zhuang, then stood up and walked out, watching them divide the property.
He walked to Zhou Silang's side, but his eyes were not looking at the cloth in his hand, but at the carriage in the corner of the yard.
That was the car Zhou Silang bought later. It was a flatbed cart specially used for hauling goods. He would only use this car when he returned to Qili Village.
At this time, the car was tied with a dark blue oil paper cloth, and under the cloth was a bulging object, and no one knew what it was.
County Magistrate Tang pointed at the car and asked with a smile, "What is that?"
Zhou Silang took a look and replied with a smile: "My Lord, those are some local specialties we brought from our hometown."
"Oh? What are these things?"
Zhou Silang saw that County Magistrate Tang was curious, so he wanted to please him. He stepped forward and untied the rope to show him the things underneath. He counted them out, "There are homemade sauces, jar meat, and bacon. Oh, this is given by Old Madam Liu. She said that Young Master Shan loves to eat this..."
Seeing County Magistrate Tang touching a box, he said, "This is Young Master Shan's winter clothes. Oh, this is Young Master Cheng's winter clothes. These boxes are all things their families have collected. I don't know exactly what's in them."
County Magistrate Tang: ...
He finally touched a sack of burlap, and Zhou Silang said with a smile, "This is wheat."
County Magistrate Tang asked, "Why did you go so far as to bring wheat from home? Wouldn't it be better to just buy rice and flour here?"
"Oh, that won't do. The price of food here is high," Zhou Silang said. "Let's go back to the village. Even if we don't get it from our own family, buying it from the village is still half the price of buying rice and flour in the city. We have to go home anyway, so it's just a round trip. We can just buy it from home."
County Magistrate Tang was choked. He looked at the grain bags on the cart and was speechless.
Manbao was so happy that he asked, "Master Tang, just tell me what you want to say to my fourth brother."
County Magistrate Tang's face lit up with a smile, returning to his normal self. He said with a smile, "Why did I hear from the village head that Silang was selling wheat seeds?"
Zhou Silang was startled and asked anxiously, "Is selling wheat seeds illegal?"
County Magistrate Tang smiled and shook his head: "It's not against the law."
Zhou Silang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved again. He said with a smile, "I'm selling some wheat seeds, but these two bags are not for sale. These are the wheat and millet I brought from home. I'll grind them for my own consumption."
He really felt that the price of food here was high, and every time he went back, his parents would always give him some rice and flour, so he simply took it from home or bought it from the village.
It's just a journey.
County Magistrate Tang didn't expect them to actually bring rice and flour from home. He was startled for a moment before he regained his voice: "Then, then you won't go to the grain store to buy grain?"
"Yes, except for the first two months after we arrived, we haven't bought any rice or flour from outside since then. We grow everything ourselves." Zhou Silang was very proud and recommended their village's rice and flour to County Magistrate Tang. "Sir Tang, our rice and flour are especially delicious. You'll know when you try them here. They're also cheap. The autumn harvest is just over, so there's plenty of millet and wheat in the village. Would you like to stock up?"
Manbao couldn't help but say, "Fourth brother, Lord Tang is the county magistrate. He has his own official farmland, and he can't even finish all the rice and flour at home."
Zhou Silang was surprised, "Master Tang also farms?"
Before County Magistrate Tang could say anything, Manbao said, "He doesn't need to plant it. The government has already planted it for him."
Zhou Silang was filled with envy, "Is the government so good?"
Then he looked at his youngest sister with a look of pity, "Manbao, why are you a girl? Otherwise, with your intelligence, you will definitely be able to take the civil service examination. If you pass the examination, not only will you have official land, but the government will also farm for you."
Manbao said: "It's okay, Fourth Brother, wait until Liutou is a little bigger, you can let him study and take the examination."
Zhou Silang frowned and said, "I don't like reading either. I get a headache just looking at words. What if your sixth nephew turns out to be like me?"
Manbao: "...Don't they say sons look like their mothers? Maybe he looks like Fourth Sister-in-law?"
Zhou Silang was even more worried. "Your sister-in-law doesn't seem very smart. Isn't there a saying that nephews resemble their aunts?"
Seeing that they were discussing this heatedly right in front of him, County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but reach out and interrupt them. "Alright, Silang, did you bring any wheat seeds this time?"
"Yes, but there are too many things in the car, so I can't bring much, only two bags."
You can see that this includes all kinds of meat, clothes, and wheat and millet for their own consumption. How can it not be a lot?
County Magistrate Tang looked at the things on the carriage. He really couldn't find the two bags of wheat seeds, so he simply gave up looking and pulled Zhou Silang to sit in the yard to talk. "Are those wheat seeds new?"
"Yes, County Magistrate Tang also knows?"
How could I not know?
Yang Heshu sent him a batch, and he had even planted it, but the other party was too cunning and didn't give him much. Later, he spent money to buy it, but because the price was too high, he couldn't buy much.
After all, the county government’s money is not his money.
His money...
Because of their different identities, he doesn't have the courage like Yang Heshu to do that.
So he could only sigh and nod, "I know, the yield is indeed high. Did you carefully select these wheat seeds?"
Zhou Silang had only been in business for a short time, and he had only been dealing with farmers he was familiar with. He was still naive, but when County Magistrate Tang asked him, he told him everything. He smiled and said, "It's the best wheat that has been carefully selected. I kept some seeds for myself, and the rest I sold to County Magistrate Yang and Mr. Bai."
County Magistrate Tang then asked, "Is your wheat seed much different from that one?"
"It's still a little worse, but it's better than the old wheat seeds, isn't it?" Zhou Silang smiled sheepishly at County Magistrate Tang: "County Magistrate Tang, if you want to buy it, I can give it to you at a lower price."
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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